ATS3674 Meaning and the mind
Faculty of Arts
ATS3674 Meaning and the mind is a level 3, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2021. It needs ATS1338 and ATS1339.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2021
- Not offered
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for ATS3674. This is its 2021 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before ATS3674
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After ATS3674
No unit lists ATS3674 as a prerequisite in the 2021 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisite: two gateway units in linguistics (ATS1338, ATS1339, ATS1291, ATS1292).
Prohibition: ATS2677
Overview
This unit considers the uniquely human ability: language. It explores what innate capacities humans must be born with in order to learn a language, how the forms of human languages relate to the cultures and environments those languages are spoken within, and the extent to which language and thought may shape one another.
We will consider big questions like:
- How can humans get an idea from one mind to another via language?
- In what sense is meaning located in language?
- Why are the world's 7000 languages so different from one another?
- To what extent do these differences between languages reflect and reproduce differences in culture, environment, and/or ways of thinking?
- How is language manipulated to shape people’s beliefs and behaviours?
Offerings in 2021
The 2021 handbook lists no offerings for ATS3674.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
critically evaluate various explanations for the human capacity for language and regularities of linguistic structure (including innateness, child development, iconicity, frequency, structuration and communicative need)
- 2
explain the major similarities and differences between the world’s 7,000 languages
- 3
apply established methodologies to the analysis of specific examples of metaphor and metonymy
- 4
describe the major differences between the fields of linguistics, psychology, philosophy and anthropology in their approach to the study of meaning
- 5
analyse and interpret language data
- 6
communicate logical, coherent arguments both orally and in writing.
Workload and teaching
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
Where it fits
ATS3674 is part of 2 areas of study in the 2021 handbook.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Alice Gaby
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Alice Gaby
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS3674?
You need ATS1338 and ATS1339 before you enrol. Enrolment rules also apply.
When is ATS3674 offered?
ATS3674 has no offerings listed in the 2021 handbook.
How much work is ATS3674?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Which majors and minors include ATS3674?
ATS3674 is part of Linguistics and English Language.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 3
- Study level
- Undergraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Arts
- Organisational unit
- Linguistics
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 1
- Study abroad
- Available
- Handbook years
- 20202021